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Arjan Bosse

3×3 · top 39.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2004 · 2004BOSS01

Arjan Bosse has been competing for 22 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.90, set at The Hague Open 2008, puts him in the top 39.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,072nd in the Netherlands. Across 18 competitions since August 2004, he has put 160 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.14 in August 2004 to 19.90, a 55% improvement. Arjan has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 39.7% of 284,439 all-time
19.90
signature single · The Hague Open 2008
160
official solves on the record
19%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×319.9023.86
top 39.7%1,072 / 2,294
4×41:52.022:10.55
top 77.8%767 / 1,000
5×53:14.465:07.72
top 82.5%441 / 532
Clock34.36
early days — 3 solves413 / 466
2×217.48
early days — 2 solves1,595 / 1,665
3×3 one-handed2:10.99
early days — 1 solve724 / 726

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

European Rubik's Games Championship 2004: 44.14Dutch Open 2004: 37.14German Open 2005: 29.24Dutch Open 2005: 30.83Dutch Championship 2005: 33.31Rubik's World Championship 2005: 30.35German Open 2006: 32.12Dutch Open 2006: 26.37Dutch Championship 2006: 26.09German Open 2007: 23.68Dutch Open 2007: 24.96Dutch Championship 2007: 25.81German Open 2008: 21.46Dutch Masters 2008: 21.28Dutch Open 2008: 20.90The Hague Open 2008: 19.90German Open 2009: 22.00Dutch Open 2009: 21.2219.9044.147 Aug 200417 Oct 2009

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.90 away.
  • A sub-1:30 4×4 single — 53,325 people have one; it is 22.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.